Tending to Life

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; 

they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom

Marcel Proust

People need to be tended much like flowers you know

Some are a little prickly

Some just make you smile

Others may seem a bit standoffish

And yet others are so shy, you may not notice them at all

But bless them all because they make up the garden of life

 and that's poetiquejustis

And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field,

 how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 

yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.  

Matthew 6:28-29

 

What a Lovely Day!

 

 

Write in your heart that every day is the best day of the year

Ralph Waldo Emerson

What are you waiting for?

Today is the best day you will ever have, so tell it how you feel about it!

You will never get another chance....

Until tomorrow

But tomorrow is not here

So love the day your with!

and that's poetiquejustis

You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy, at Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.

Psalm 16:11

What to Leave In...What to Take Out

 Be a light not a judge. Be a model not a choice. 

Be part of the solution not part of  the problem.

Stephen Covey

                                             We all know what's wrong with the world

We all know what's wrong in our life

                                                    No trick to knowing what is wrong

                                          There are plenty of people ready to tell you that

But when was the last time you passed a test

By just knowing what was wrong

Today - be the one

Who makes something

Right

and that's poetiquejustis

 

 

Don't be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good!

Romans 12:21

Before You Know It

“The secret of flight is this -- you have to do it immediately,

 before your body realizes it is defying the laws.” 

Michael Cunningham

 

 The song you want to write

The book you want to give the world

The picture you want to let fall out of your heart and on to canvas

All that life you want to let flow

 "........you have to do it immediately,

 before your body realizes it is defying the laws.”

and that's poetiquejustis

       But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, 

but of those who believe and are saved.

Hebrews 10:39

 

Let It Reign

The purpose of art is  washing the dust of daily life off of our souls

Pablo Picasso

 

The dust of the every-day-ness-of -it all

The humdrum, the dreary, the frightening, the sad

It cloaks

It envelopes us

It clouds our vision and clogs our heart

It halts our steps

Today

Let the beauty rain

Then let the beauty reign

and blossom

 and that's poetiquejustis

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight,

 O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.

Psalm 19:14

 

The Wonder of it all

 

As knowledge increases, wonder deepens

Charles Morgan

Every day -  an adventure in learning

Every moment - a chance to let go of what you thought you knew

And making friends with what you are about to know

Adding color and light to your world with wonders that were always there

Just hidden in the shadow of  things you have piled up from the past

Let in some light

Learn something new today

That is what makes life wonderful

And that's poetiquejustis

An intelligent heart acquires knowledge, and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge

Proverbs 18:15

Worth The Risk

The human soul has need of security

and risk

Simone Weil

One foot on the ground

One hand on the door

One dream that is awakening

One life that can soar

if only.....

you would decide

that you are worth the risk

and that's poetiquejustis

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, 

who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. 

James 1:15

 

 

Life's Gardeners

"Gardening is an exercise in optimism."

Maria Schinz

You have to keep an eye on any garden 

for weeds 

and visitors.

How much more so

The garden of you soul

Yank bitterness out by the roots!

Weed out the unkind thoughts

Leave the rest to grow

in the sunshine of your smile

and that's poetiquejustis

And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden 

in the cool of the day

Genesis 3:8